Dave Plier and Dave Schwan share history on the first Valentine’s Day, Cracker Jack launches in Chicago, Batman Comics debuts, Elvis’ first TV appearance, the trial of The Chicago 7.
This is History: Pope Gelasius Declared Saint Valentine’s Day, Cracker Jack Launches in Chicago, Batman Comics Debuts, Elvis’ First TV Appearance, The Trial of The Chicago 7

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This is History: Bears Play First Game at Wrigley Field, Cubs Clinch Pennant in 1938, Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show Debut, White Sox Last Game at Comiskey, Pope John Paul II Visits Chicago, O.J. Trial Verdict
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This is History: University of Chicago Opens, Henry Ford and the Modern Assembly Line, 1st Peanuts Comic Strip, ‘Twilight Zone’ Turns 60 with Anne Serling
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This is History: First Trial for Witchcraft, Orson Welles ‘War of the Worlds’, ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown’ Debuts, Disney Reboots ‘Star Wars’
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Radio Rewind: A Conversation with Rock Legend Elvis Costello
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This is History: History of Veteran’s Day, The Beatles White Album Debuts, Clinton Impeachment Hearings, Sesame Street Turns 50
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This is History: WKRP in Cincinnati’s Turkey Drop, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Talking Turkey with Johnny Carson & Doc Severinsen
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This is History: U.S. Postal Service Opens, Lincoln’s Emancipation, Chicago Blackhawks Debut, Kennedy-Nixon Debate, Cubs clinch NL East Title in ’84
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Pinch Hitters 10/06/19: Jerry Nunn fills in for Dave Plier
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This is History: 18 Years After 9/11, ‘Texaco Star Theater’ Breaks Ground on TV, Nixon on ‘Laugh-In’, Bears’ Walter Payton Scores an NFL Record
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A Guide to Chicago’s Neighborhoods: A Literary Anthology Celebrating the Place We Live
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This is History: First Chicago Marathon in 1905, Chicago White Sox Win the 2005 World Series, Mayor Richard J. Daley Hosts JFK, Cuban Missile Crisis
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Chicago’s Own Paranormal Investigator Dave Schrader on the TV Afterlife of Ghost Hunter Hans Holzer in Travel Channel’s ‘The Holzer Files’
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The Greater Chicago Food Depository: We Can Break the Cycle of Hunger Together